Riverpod, email clients, and lessons paid for in complexity
A post-project note on building a custom Flutter email client, where state management, protocols, and production UX all had opinions.
Writing
Posts about software development and what I've learned from building projects.
01 02 First client, real stakes
A transition note about starting Viridian Software, taking on client work, and learning how different production responsibility feels from personal experiments.
03 Deployment is where optimism gets audited
A note from the nearly-finished phase, where the product works locally and the remaining enemy is getting it deployed without spending money.
04 Site online, ecosystem survived
A launch note from the first version of this site, with Astro doing the rare thing: making the JavaScript ecosystem feel pleasant.
05 Dates, clients, and the solo-build tax
A field note from building a full-stack application around date logic, client constraints, and the parts of solo work that do not show up in tidy diagrams.
06 The finish line moved, then I crossed it
A short wrap-up after a long full-stack project, with a reminder that finishing software is a different skill from starting it.
